Anything close to phu my?

[grams98]

Not crazy about taking a two hour bus ride into Saigon, and was thinking that phu my perhaps something of interest? Is there a beach near by or any cultural sights? Tried googling, but not too much popped up. I was hoping that someone here may have done an excursion closer to the ship? Thanks, grams98

[paul929207]

As far as I know there is nothing in that area. Our last visit, we did not get off the ship that day. Had been to HCM City twice, including a 4 day visit. As I recall it was an hour or so ride to HCM City.

[Sidney24]

Would I be right in assuming that there are loads of vans waiting to take passengers into Siagon possibly with the driver giving a tour then free time in town before taking passengers back to ship.

[grams98]

Well, princess does offer the bus in and back for 99 dollars, and if we have to drive the two hours each way, we will. From what I read ho chi Minh city is really worth it. So, it is either that or going to the old port of vin trau ( one hour) each way for a day visit. I have had time to read further, and evidently the scenery is beautiful. So we will probably go with the trip to ho chi Minh city. Thanks, grams98

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Would I be right in assuming that there are loads of vans waiting to take passengers into Siagon possibly with the driver giving a tour then free time in town before taking passengers back to ship.

 

I may be wrong ,but I was of the understanding that they need passenger names and passport details in advance, in order to pick anyone up.

 

 

grams98 Anything close to phu my?

Not crazy about taking a two hour bus ride into Saigon, and was thinking that phu my perhaps something of interest? Is there a beach near by or any cultural sights? Tried googling, but not too much popped up. I was hoping that someone here may have done an excursion closer to the ship? Thanks, grams98

 

 

No . Phu My is just a huge container terminal. You either do a ships tour or have a private tour arranged.

Princess did have a shuttle service on our last call there which took you about 20 minutes away to a local village. It was OK, but not much there except vendors hassling tourists with tee shirts.

They should also have a tour to Vung Tau which is about 40 minutes away. They usually offer VungTau on its own , or as we did a Vung Tau and the Countryside. The latter turned out to be one of the best ships tours we have ever done , as we visited locals in their own homes. They also put on a great lunch in a authentic Vietnamese Style Resort Hotel, which was on the water overlooking Vung Tau.

 

 

[grams98]

kiwi kruzer, i saw the van trau excursion. it looks really nice. have you also done the siagon 2 hour bus ride and seen that city? was just wondering if you felt it was worth the drive? also, what did you do in nha trang? thanks, grams98

[happyglobetrotter]

kiwi kruzer, i saw the van trau excursion. it looks really nice. have you also done the siagon 2 hour bus ride and seen that city? was just wondering if you felt it was worth the drive? also, what did you do in nha trang? thanks, grams98

 

I did Phu Mi and HCM city (Saigon) 4 times by bus with smiletours.com and the ride in the morning with the trafic is closer to 3 hours...ibid to come back. You are better off to book an independent tour because the taxis are very hard to bargain with and you will have a lot of walking once in town. And taxi drivers are not tour guides. I recommend smile tours that we have used more than once and Thi the owner is the nicest person. Excellent English but she caters to large CC groups.

[grams98]

Thanks, happy globetrotter, we seem to be leaning towards "enjoying the long drive" to Saigon, and seeing the city. Grams98